October 15, 2016

Lions Football Falls to Morthland

Football Results Trinity Bible College Lions vs. Morthland College Patriots October 15th, 2016 (Des Moines Christian School, Des Moines, IA) SCORE Morthland College defeats Trinity Bible College 66-40.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Patriots scored first 7 minutes into the game on a 7 yard touchdown run by Logan McGuire. The 2 point conversion was good.

The Lions answered with a 39 yard touchdown pass from M.J. Ybarra to Omel Francois. The 2 point conversion was no good.

The Patriots led after the 1^st quarter 8 to 6.

The 2^nd quarter started like the 1^st as the Patriots scored first, this time on a 68 yard touchdown pass from D. Chester to N. Alston. The 2 point conversion was no good.

The Lions answered just 1 minute later on a 33 yard touchdown run by Jeremy Hill. The 2 point conversion was good. The Lions added took the lead shortly after that with a 3 yard touchdown run by Landen Bradley. The 2 point conversion was no good.

The Patriots responded with a 9 yard touchdown run of their own to tie the game heading into halftime.

The game was tied 20 to 20 at halftime.

The 3^rd quarter saw the Patriots offensive exploded with 32 unanswered points on 4 touchdowns.

The Lions were able to score once in the 3^rd quarter on an 80 yard kick return for a touchdown by Omel Francois.

The Patriots added 2 more touchdowns before the game ended both on the ground by C. Bryant.

The Lions were also able to score 2 more touchdowns, the 1^st on a 12 yard run by Jeremy Hill and the 2^nd on a 9 yard run by Landen Bradley.

The Lions fell 66 to 40 to the Patriots.

NOTES

- The Lions ran 74 plays for 414 yards of total offense.

- The Patriots ran 67 plays for 580 yards of total offense.

- The Lions had 291 yards rushing and 123 yards passing.

- Trinity converted 6-15 third down tries and Patriots were 7-10 on third downs.